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Running Claude Code in a loop to mirror human development practices

41 pointsby Kerrickyesterday at 6:53 PM9 commentsview on HN

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ParanoidShroomtoday at 2:01 PM

Lol I've done exactly the same thing past 3 weeks with a python script. Tests are okayish, it's very exhausting spending hours just reviewing tho.

yellow_leadtoday at 12:08 AM

> This all started because I was contractually obligated to write unit tests for a codebase with hundreds of thousands of lines of code and go from 0% to 80%+ coverage in the next few weeks - seems like something Claude should do.

Is your client ok with this? Are the tests any good?

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CharlesWtoday at 1:58 AM

https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/tree/main/plugins/...

"The technique is named after Ralph Wiggum from The Simpsons, embodying the philosophy of persistent iteration despite setbacks."